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change to the previous working directory

Terminal - change to the previous working directory
cd -
2009-02-04 22:41:21
User: systemj
Functions: cd
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change to the previous working directory
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cd -
2012-07-04 22:34:47
User: Blaskovic
Functions: cd
Tags: cd
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change to the previous working directory

as alternative to cd $OLDPWD

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cd $OLDPWD
2012-04-16 21:18:27
User: khopesh
Functions: cd
Tags: cd
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change to the previous working directory

This is like `cd -` but doesn't echo the new directory name, which is preferable (to me) for an alias, e.g.

alias cdo="cd $OLDPWD"
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cd -
2013-05-07 14:50:18
User: techie
Functions: cd
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Flip from one directory to another

if you cd into a directory then cd into another directory somewhere else then you run the cd - command you will go to the previous directory you was in!! To go back to the other directory just run it again. So if you are working in 2 different directories then this is the perfect command for you.

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cd -
2011-06-24 23:10:10
User: unixmonkey14106
Functions: cd
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cd into the latest directory
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What others think

cd ./-

if you want to change to a dir named '-'

Comment by eneville 222 weeks and 3 days ago

if you like this also look into pushd/popd. it's in the bash man page i think.

Comment by alexfoo 221 weeks and 1 day ago

pushd/popd are cool but a bit obscure ... "cd -" is straightforward !

Comment by CodSpirit 219 weeks and 3 days ago

always used pushd/popd for this till now.. but this is awesome =)

Comment by unixmonkey2498 217 weeks and 6 days ago

comes in handy :)

Comment by chanux 217 weeks and 4 days ago

Wow! Using Unix/Linux for 18 years, and only TODAY found this bit of info about so very common command - cd ! Amazing!

Comment by vleolml 210 weeks and 4 days ago

why not just "cd .." ???

Comment by wrongloop 210 weeks and 1 day ago

I've got to remember that one. "cd .." doesn't work for that if the last cd command was "cd ~/foo" rather than "cd bar".

Comment by codetinker 210 weeks ago

"cd .." goes to the previous directory in the tree, "cd -" goes to the previous _working_ directory.

Comment by sedcommand 201 weeks and 5 days ago

how about "cd $OLDPWD" ? need to just type in "cd $OL" and tab. bash will take care of the rest :)

Comment by ninadsp 195 weeks and 3 days ago

Oh my god, I have been flubbing with pushd/popd (only work if you know ahead of time) for .. decades. I didn't even know this existed. Damn.

Comment by cj_ 182 weeks and 5 days ago

Seems ?

cd --

? jumps to the ~/ directory?

Comment by hced 92 weeks ago

I was always wondering if something like a "cd history" like this existed. Thanks.

But it only remembers the *last* working dir. Is there no way to use it as a stack? Like with pushd/popd? But more automatic?

I was already thinking about aliasing "cd" to "pushd . && cd", but that seems a bit wonky...

Comment by exhuma 57 weeks and 5 days ago

The zsh config "setopt AUTO_PUSHD" automatically pushes to dir stack, and I've aliased "p=popd" so at any point I can type "p" to navigate up my working directory history.

Comment by cec 19 weeks and 3 days ago

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